” Shows should be an experience. At some point I’ll make you laugh, cry or bop your head.”

From Guru’s Jazzmatazz project to Soweto Kinch, there have been several noble and notable attempts to find common ground between jazz and hip hop. Few, however, have been as successful as those of Houston-born pianist Robert Glasper

The Robert Glasper Experiment features Casey Benjamin on sax, soprano sax, synths and vocals, Derrick Hodge on electric bass and electric guitar, and Mark Colenburg on drum. The list of people he has worked with includes; Bilal (pictured after the Barbican show), Mos Def, The Roots, J Dilla, Erykah Badu, Common, Talib Kweli, Lalah Hathaway, Maxwell and Q-Tip.